Vehicle-curtain fastener.



' PATENTED OCT. 15, 1907.

' P. A.N EIDER.I VEHICLE GURTAINFASTBNER.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1906.

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FRED A. NEIDER, OF AUGUSTA, KENTUCKY.

VEHICLE-CURTAIN FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1907.

Application filed $epten1ber 26,1906. Serial No. 336,223,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED A. NEIDER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Augusta, county of Bracken, State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle- Curtain Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of curtain fasteners wherein there is a base secured to a shank which is to be driven into the vehicle body, and a head or button pivoted upon the base so as to pass through a button hole in the curtain and to be then rotated to a position so as to hold the curtain on the base.

The object of my invention is to provide a fastener of this character wherein the shank is of such a form and is coupled to the base in a manner such that the construction is both strong and capable of manufacture at little cost. This object is attained by the means described in the specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a view of a part of a curtain with a button hole surrounded by a ring of metal. Fig. 2 is a top view of a curtain fastener embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a screw which forms the shank of my curtain fastener. Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of the cup into which the shank is placed. Fig. (iisasectional view upon line a: it of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is an enlarged view through the vehicle curtain fastener embodying my invention. Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the base and shank taken at a right angle to the view shown in Fig. 7.

Referring to the parts. The vehicle curtain fastener embodying my invention consists of a button or head A, pivoted to a base B, within which the head of a shank G is secured. The base B is made of two elongated metallic cups b b. The smaller cup, I), telescopes into the upper cup, 1), whose lower edges, 71 are bent under the bottom of the cup, b. Cup, b, has a circular hole, b in its bottom. The shank, G, consists of a screw whose neck is of a diameter equal to that of the hole, 12 and whose head has been flattened upon the sides 0 and a so as to give the head of the same an elongated contour, so that the sides of the head fit snugly against the side walls of the cup, I), as illustrated in Fig. 8. Cup, I), has a perforation, b, in its top.

The button, A, consists of an elongated metallic cup of a contour similar to that of the cup, I). The cup has at its top a perforation, a. Through the perforations, a and b, a tubular rivet, D, is passed, whose head, cl,

- fits within a recess in the top of the cup, A, and whose lower end is turned into a flange, 17, upon the inside of the top of the cup, I), so that the head, or button, A, may be easily rotated upon the pivot, B. The cup, A, is filled preferably with leather, B.

By my construction it is seen'that the shank, D

.may be made of a diameter sufliciently large to with- What I claim is:

1. A cnrtain fastener consisting of a base, of a button pivoted upon the base, and a shank, the base consisting of an elongated shell with a perforated bottom, and the shank having an elongated head seated in the base and a neck projecting through the perforation in the base.

2v A curtain fastener consisting of a base, a button pivoted upon the base, and a shank, the base consisting of two elongated cups telescoping into each other the lower one having a perforation in its bottom and the shank having an elongated head seated in the base and with its neck projecting through the perforation.

A curtain fastener consisting of a base, a button, a pivot connecting the base and the button and a shank, the button consisting of an elongated inverted cup, the base consisting of two elongated cups telescoping into each other, the pivot consisting of a tube headed at one end extending through the button and the top of the base and flanged upon the under side of the top of the base and the shank having an elongated head seated within the base and a neck projecting through the bottom of the base.

FRED A. NEIDER.

Witnesses W. C. SADLER, WILL A. FIELD. 

